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    • Jul 14, 1920
    Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin is born in Kemp, Texas. A 1975 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, she writes such hits as "One Day At A Time," "The Long Black Veil," "P.T. 109" and "Waterloo." She also mentors Kris Kristofferson
    Apr 26, 1946
    "The Long Black Veil" songwriter Marijohn Wilkin has a son, John "Bucky" Wilkin, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He sings lead on the 1964 Ronny & The Daytonas pop hit "G.T.O." and plays on several Waylon Jennings singles
    Mar 3, 1959
    Lefty Frizzell records "The Long Black Veil" during an evening session at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio, hours after Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill wrote it
    Nov 26, 1964
    Mel Tillis and Red Foley find songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, co-writer of "The Long Black Veil," barely conscious at her rural Tennessee home. Wilkin had attempted to commit suicide with sleeping pills and aspirin
    Dec 6, 1967
    Forty songwriters attend the inaugural meeting of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. They include Kris Kristofferson, Marijohn Wilkin, Eddie Miller, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Liz and Casey Anderson
    Oct 12, 1975
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Marty Robbins ("El Paso"), Bill Anderson ("City Lights"), Marijohn Wilkin ("The Long Black Veil"), Danny Dill ("Detroit City"), Eddie Miller ("Thanks A Lot") and Wayne Walker ("Leavin' On Your Mind")
    Jan 7, 1998
    The Tennessean reports "The Long Black Veil" songwriter Marijohn Wilkin broke her leg when she slipped on a piece of cardboard in a home cooking accident
    Feb 4, 1999
    In a voting quirk, a female receives a nomination for Male Star of Tomorrow in the TNN/Music City News Awards. There is no field for group, so Amanda Wilkinson appears in the male category as a member of The Wilkinsons
    Oct 28, 2006
    Marijohn Wilkin dies at the Alive Hospice at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. One of country's first professional female songwriters, her credits included "The Long Black Veil," "P.T. 109," "One Day At A Time" and "Waterloo"
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